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Lav Mazzura

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Lav Mazzura
Born(1876-01-07)7 January 1876
Died28 March 1930(1930-03-28) (aged 54)
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Charles University
Occupation(s)Politician, lawyer
Political partyCroat-Serb Coalition (until 1919)

Lav Mazzura (7 January 1876 – 28 March 1930) was a politician and lawyer born in Zagreb. After studying law in Zagreb and Prague, he became one of leaders of the Croatian Progressive Youth [hr]. He was the editor of the Hrvatski pokret ("Croatian Movement") and the Hrvatska misao ("Croatian Thought") journals. In 1910–1913, Mazzura was a member of the Sabor of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia as a member of the Croat-Serb Coalition led by Frano Supilo and Svetozar Pribičević. He was also a member of the joint Hungarian-Croatian Parliament in Budapest (as Croatia-Slavonia was a part of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen).[1] In November–December 1918, Mazzura was in command of Zagreb-based forces assigned to the Commission for Public Order and Security of the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs – a body composed of political representatives of the South Slavs living in Austria-Hungary tasked with achieving independence of South Slavic lands from the empire.[2] According to testimony of Slavko Kvaternik, Mazzura was involved in unsuccessful negotiations to peacefully resolve a standoff during the 1918 protest in Zagreb.[3] In 1919, Mazzura was appointed to the post of the prosecutor for the city of Zagreb. He died in Zagreb in 1930.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mazzura, Lav". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ Gabelica, Mislav (2005). "Žrtve sukoba na Jelačićevom trgu 5. prosinca 1918" [Victims of the Clash on Jelačić Square on December 5, 1918]. Časopis za suvremenu povijest (in Croatian). 37 (2). Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History: 468. ISSN 0590-9597.
  3. ^ Gabelica, Mislav; Matković, Stjepan (2018). Petoprosinačka pobuna u Zagrebu 1918: prva vojna akcija protiv jugoslavenske države [Fifth of December Revolt in Zagreb in 1918: The First Military Action Against the Yugoslav State] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Naklada Pavičić P.I.P. pp. 166–167. ISBN 9789537949099.